Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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734. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of maintaining the drugs payment scheme cap at €80 on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11332/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Budget 2022 provided for a reduction in the Drug Payment Scheme monthly threshold from €114 to €100. The cost of this was estimated at approximately €11.5m per year.

On 10 February 2022, the Government announced a further reduction to €80. The additional cost of this is estimated at €21.1m per year.